South Wales - The Ritchie issues

The last Official South Wales Police set of Cop Cards was
issued in 1991 and featured “Sportacards” in conjunction with
local Leisure centres. However, in 1992 the Rumney Police Division, together
with a local firm of Chartered Accountants, RITCHIE from Butetown, Cardiff,
went ahead with its own cards. Unlike previous issues, these cards were not
given out individually to children, but were presented as complete framed
prizes in a local schools crime prevention competition. The first such prizes
when presented were featured in local media articles. However, it would appear
that the use of the South Wales Police logo on these cards was never formally
sanctioned and very few sets were ever actually presented as prizes, thus
this series cannot really be called a true Cop Card.

However, these cards do exist with a Police reference and
for that reason I list and detail them below.

One small point, all of these issues are available with alternative
backs. They exist with the Police reverse but also exist with a Ritchie back,
and both types have identical fronts.

Fairway Favourites

25

1992

Cricketers of the Middle

25

1992

Maulers

29

1993

Lewis & Bruno (Overprinted)

4

1993

Lewis & Bruno (No overprint)

4

1993

Welsh Wizards

25

1993

Golfers British Open Winners (Overprinted)

3

1993

Golfers British Open Winners (No Overprint)

3

1993

Golfer

1

1993

Cricketer Ian Botham (Overprinted)

1

1993

Cricketer Ian Botham (No overprint)

1

1993

County Cricket

20

1994

Deadly Duos

10

1994

Deadly Duos (pairs)

5

1994

American Indians

25

1995

Ryder Cup 1993

25

1995

Global Greats

25

1995

Sporting Records (Lara)

3

1995

Heroes of the Zulu Wars

25

1995

Arms Par Heroes

25

1995

Sporting Records (Stewart)

3

1995

American Military History

25

1995

Premier Cricketers

1

1995

Rorkes Drift VC winners

1

1995

Sir Evelyn Wood KCB

1

1995

Footballers (of the English Premiership)

20

1995

Village Cricket

12

1995

Golfing Majors

4

1995

Sporting Records (Cork)

3

1995

Global Greats

25

1995

Fabulous Four (boxers)

4

1996

Golfers

12

1996

Cricketers

10

1996

Historic Figures

10

1996

Zulu Wars

10

1996

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